Tenchi in Tokyo wasn't the worst but there was so much cooler toward the end. I remember an episode about a guy being a runner (who was a human comet) with Kiyone and Mihoshi...I'm surprised I went that far. The spin-offs never sat well with me. I watched and owned all of GXP and when Tenchi finally appeared in a "back to Okinawa" episode...it was nothing but more fan service. Granted, Tenchi is known for having a ton of fan service...but I got tired of it after Universe.
FYE closed!? Guess I have been out of the U.S. for a long time.
Don't toss your VHS. There are a ton of decent VCR vendors on eBay. I bought one from a guy that was like brand new (Sony) and less-than $40 + shipping. Most modern TV's have no issues with VCR playback.
Discotek/Eastern Star produces the majority of anything I find worth buying nowadays. I got into a dispute with the arrogant director of RightStuf back in 2017 and no longer do business with them. I don't have that big of a to-buy list this year. I'm planning on getting Kimagure Orange Road the TV series on blu-ray and possibly Venus Wars for a movie. I own almost everything else that I could want.

Yu Yu Hakusho on VHS would have been exhaustive. Was that a subbed version back then or an Animax dub (I believe YYH at that time was not yet licensed by Funimation). I recall watching the sub-par/lackluster YYH movies on VHS and knowing that the series was much better. I had to wait I until 2002 when Toonami started airing the actual TV series.
I had assorted VHS of Tenchi Muyo (never found Universe, though on VHS) and I had the first two movies. I remember the OVA release being exactly that...120-frickin-dollars!!! Ugh! The first DVD release was beautiful, though. It had a transparent slipcase and they went as far as to master the stereo mix with THX. I ended up finally buying the Tenchi Muyo OVA in 2010 at an FYE on markdown from $116 > $49. I was happy with that and bought the blu-ray release in 2012. I have the Geneon release of Universe with a near stained glass mural of the characters for inner artwork in the case. Did you ever watch the Mihoshi Special? If not, you need to. Btw, I know you're a Tenchi fan like me because I'm pretty sure you're the bloke who made the Tenchi quiz here.
My first full series purchase on DVD was YYH: Ghost Files (the release with like 6 discs all large clamshell). I collect classic anime exclusively and it was easy in the 2000's to find many relicensed older anime titles in Best Buy, Suncoast, Hastings, Sam Goody, and rarely in Borders DVD section. Those days are gone, though. Most of the old Western publishers have filed bankruptcy, been bought-out, or liquidated in the late-2000's (R.I.P. original ADV, CPM, AnimeWorks, U.S. Manga Corps, Manga Video original Chicago distributor, AnimeEigo, Urban Vision, Pioneer, and others).
@Beocat

I do a lot of this stuff already generally. Let me know if you still need someone in Social Media moderation. I'm 31-years old and was a foreign languages teacher prior to the lockdown. I know how to work with people. @Seshi

It's a crypto-anime OVA (it likely never existed or was fabricated). According to lore, the fictional title you're referring to was called, Saki Sanobashi, also known as "Go for a Punch,"
All known lore indicates that someone on either 4chan or Reddit (or both), recounted this traumatic 80's OVA. Understand, everything animated in Japan in the 80's can easily be researched and found under any one of the many studio records for films made each year of that decade. I find it absurd that people say it does exist or that it's a "lost anime." Anime titles in Japan don't suffer the rough censorship as Western films does/ did and records of such an anime would be public. To help make stories of it actually existing even less likely are the poorly translated title (which has no context) and the fact that someone in the West made fake title cards.
If someone had seen it in a Western country; it would exist in one database of the other. It's sorta like a creepypasta in the form of anime. There are indeed some very dark titles from the 80's which do exist with certain features of this description...but they're definitely different. @jaywolf1104

I joined this forum a couple weeks ago and I've been trying to submit information to those with questions regarding an anime they saw in the past (Recommendations Section). If you saw something in the early 2000's or 90's...post your question if you're looking for the name of or information regarding an older anime in the Recommendations section. I'll try to answer this week or next week if I recognize the title. Even if I don't recognize your description entirely; I can still try to point you in the right direction. If you posted 'looking for...' context in Recommendations; check to see if I haven't already written an answer. I joined Anime Forums to help people find or rediscover classic anime. I know over 300 classic titles by memory and have knowledge of some rarities which never made it out of Japan. If it's regarding manga, though...I'm not quite as helpful (I never read manga quite like I watch anime).
Advise is free...take it ✌

The English version was marketed as, "Twelve Worlds Story. " Not much information exists on who dubbed or subbed it. However, an English version does exist and I believe Funimation would likely be the only distributor with power to release it in North America or the U.K. Right now, the film rights are with Enoki. Funimation usually contacts Enoki directly to release anime which was made by TV Tokyo. The likely reason it hasn't been released yet is due to it's age and popularity in more Northern North American countries. It seems it was subbed and distributed widely throughout South America. Those were likely unauthorized subs and dubs by low-budget at home companies. I live in Mexico and most Spanish dubs/subs are made here for all Latin America (due to Mexico having the most elite Spanish dialect). This anime is virtually unknown here in Mexico and that makes it probably lesser known in the U.S. and Canada.
I recall when Westerners really wanted a release, we would create a petition page and send it to the licensees/distributors (it worked to get Samurai Pizza Cats released). The issue is Funimation...Funimation are way too contemporary and they don't like to risk printing titles that aren't well-known or older. That leaves Discotek/Eastern Star...they literally go to Japan to buy the rights to older anime and they release regardless of national popularity. If Discotek/Eastern Star bought it from Enoki...you'd have it one way or another.
I found this, too.
http://enoki-films.co.jp/pro_bucky.phpformat
@RZ.

It was Lupin the Third TV part 2. It's hard to say which episode. Adult Swim aired about 27 episodes during their night schedule. I own most of series 2...it's over 70 episodes in it's entirety. You should be able to narrow it down from there. 27 episodes from Lupin the Third part 2. @Snikos

I'll be frank on this topic even though it often offends someone...I feel style is only a micro -level problem of what went wrong with anime after 1998. Japan's economy started to dip in the late-90's and the quality never recovered, in my opinion. The golden era years of anime had style in the West because Japan was only sending their best over (mostly). After 2005...Otaku culture, moe, and loli started to become the demand and Japan started not only producing mass amounts of that type of anime, but, they just started sending everything to the West. Many say, "Well, it's better now because we have more variety." More variety, yes. Better quality, no. The characters and stories are proxy and CG-rendering has taken away the human feel of hand-painted cels and backgrounds. It seems anime culture today is catered 90% to fan service, repetitious stories, and otaku-culture. Compare the work put into titles like: Perfect Blue, Megazone 23, and anything Kawajiri to the "art styles" of the last 22-years and you'll see that anime really went downhill. This is opinion, so, take it with a grain of salt. I'm not here to demonize all modern anime. The same way people don't care for "gritty, violent, extreme 80's/90's anime style," I don't care for loli, moe, proxy anime from the past 2 decades.